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Art Installation Measures World Oil Consumption In Skyscapers
When some New Yorkers look at the Empire State Building they see an emblem of the city we live in. But when New Yorker and artist Dan Tesene looks at the skyscraper, he sees petroleum.
Play Reflects Rage And Resilience In Katrina's Aftermath
The play, written by 16 women who survived Hurricane Katrina, is being performed Monday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the storm.
From 'Fun City' To Crisis State: John Lindsay and Hugh Carey
Two new books explore the legacies of a former mayor whom history maligned and a governor whose role has been all but forgotten.
A Poster Child For Poverty In Harlem Speaks Back
John Yant and his family were featured in the 1969 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit "Harlem on My Mind." Here he describes how it feels to become a representation of poverty.
Hip Hop For The Deaf And The Def'
Silent Mob isn’t the only deaf rap group out there. But as far as the group members know, they are the only group that performs American Sign Language hip hop.
El Museo del Barrio Exhibits '60s Guerilla Artist
Puerto Rican-American artist Rafael Ferrer staged guerilla art actions in New York City and Philadelphia during the 1960s and now sculpts and paints.
Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.
Bronx Museum Revisits The Civil Rights Movement
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement -- one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
Behind The Scenes Of An Eviction
Most of the evictions that City Marshal Oren Varnai conducts aren't dangerous; they're simply "uncomfortable."
Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill
About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.
Tough Love In The Big City
Kids in New York have often had a lot to fear. So how’d we end up afraid of them?
Pot Smoke, Dead Elevators & Killer Paint: Life in the Towers
River Park Towers is just one building, but a day spent with its residents revealed it has a world of problems, none of them simple.
Growing Grown-Ups In Harlem
In the quest for "What works?", one Manhattan youth organization is showing results by getting kids to care about larger struggles.
In This Recession Pain Has A Color
Times are tough for everyone. They are tougher for New York City's black men.
The Search for the Smoking Gun
The reasons for the race gap
Now What?
The Struggle for a Solution
Mentally Ill On Hold After Ruling
The state's appeal of a federal court decision on housing for the mentally ill has residents and advocates in limbo.
Another African Burial Ground
Though a bus depot occupies most of an old Harlem church cemetery site, there's still hope for memorializing African history uptown.
A Quiet Alarm Sounds
A multimedia art exhibit in Fort Greene examines the neighborhood-changing going on all around it.
Immigrants Reach New Heights
The development of a vibrant and thriving arts community is only natural in a city as diverse as New York. While City Limits is most identified with thorough and hard-hitting social and political reportage, our breadth of arts and culture-based coverage will surprise and enlighten you.
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Some Nabes Lag In Broadband Access - Jarrett Murphy
Three of New York's boroughs are among the eight least broadband-connected counties in New York State, according to data published Friday.
City Limits Partners With New Civic News Website, TV Show - City Limits
There's a new player in the New York civic news game: MetroFocus, a website run by WNET that will eventually evolve into a regular nighttime television broadcast.
How To Teach 9-11? - Jonathan Camhi
As the 10th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, a look at how one WTC widow has tried to teach children about the attacks.
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